Adrian hitt



.NITED STATES ATENT irrrcn.

ADRIAN HITT, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO AUGUSTAA. THOMPSON, OF SAME PLACE.

WINDOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent I To. 373.020, datedNovember 8, 1887. Application filed January 26, 185:7. Serial No.225,612. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, ADRIAN HITT, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Jersey Gity,in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windows, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to means and mechanism employed tosupport window sash in any desired position within the frame, and hasfor its object the provision oftlevices whereby the sash orsashesmay bequickly an d easily removed from theframewithoutdisturbing the sashcords and weights and as easily replaced.

Y To attain the desired end my invention consists, essentially, inproviding the windowframe at each side of the sash with agroove or itsequivalent, and also providing each sash 2c with corresponding groovesfor a portion of the length of each stile. Within the grooves at eachside of the sash is placed a fillet or tongue, to which the sash-cord issecured; and my invention also involves certain other novel 2 and usefulcombinations or arrangements of parts and peculiarities of constructionand operation, all of which will be hereinafter first fully describedand then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation ofa window-frame with aportion broken away, showing the location and arrangement of one of thefillets or tongues. Fig. 2 isahorizontal cross sectional view at line 00x, of Fig.

5 1, both sashes being drawn down to the sill. Fig. 3 is a side View ofone of the sash-stiles, and Fig. 4. is an interior face view of one ofthe sides of the frame.

Like letters of reference, wherever they oo- 40 our, indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

A is the casing, made in the usual manner. B are the sides of the frame,each preferably made of a single piece of material and grooved itsentire length at O. A rabbet, D, formed in each piece, accommodates aninner sash wider than the outer sash. By this construction thein nersashisprovided with an additional bearing and guide, and there is alsoadditional protection against the passage of air between the sash andthe frame.

E are the sashes, the stiles thereof being grooved for a greater portionof their length, as at F, a stop, G, being left at the upper rail of thesash.

H are fillets or tongues fitting nicely into the grooves in the sash andframe, the sashcords L being secured to said fillets and passing upwardin the grooves (1 over a pulley to weights in the usual manner. I

Fig. lshows only the arrangement of the fillet, groove, &c., in one sideof the frame and lower sash; but both sides of each sash are constructedin a like manner,as illustrated in Fig. 2, this view showing both sashesdrawn down to the window-sill. Iemploy one independent fillet for eachsash stile, in the present instance four in numbenas illustrated in Fig.2.

At P the window-frame casing and fillets are perforated for thereception of a pin, B, when it is desired to remove the sash from theframe.

\Vhen constructed and arranged in accordance with the foregoingdescription, my device will be found admirably adapted to the uses andpurposes for which it is intended. The sash slides easily and noiseless]y, the sash cord is hidden from view,and may be easily replaced in caseit becomes worn or broken. The sash may be removed from the framewithout disturbingthefastenings of the weight-cord by simply drawing thesash down to the sill, then inserting the pins R and lifting the sashfrom the fillets, leaving them securely held at the bottom of the frame.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the casing of a window and the grooved sashes,said grooves extending from the bottom of the side stiles to the meetingor top rail, as set forth, of the fillets or tongues provided withperforations P, and the pins R, substantially as shown and described. f

2. \Vindow-easing A, frame 13, grooved at G Signed at New York, in thecounty of New and having rabbets D in the sides thereof, York and Statcof New York, this 24th day of sashes E, provided with grooves F andstops January, A. D. 1887. G, formed by the top or meeting-rail, filletsH,

ADRIAN HITT. 5 to which the sash-cords are attaehed,the'whole\Vitnesses:

combined and relatively arranged substan- \V. J. MORGAN,

, A. M. PIERCE.

tially as shown and described.

